Selective attachment for addressing machines



April. 19, 1927'.

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E. A. GEIGER ET AL SELECTIVE ATTACHMENT FOR ADDRESSING MACHINES FiledJune 8, 1926 -'7 Sheets-Sheet '7 [main 4. ez'qer AuquJZ F9271 meqlei/en-ry T'Jnnznys INVENTORS 3 1, M ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 19, 1927.

. ERWIN A. GEIGER, OF RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY; AUGUST 1?. SCHRAEGLE, OFRIDGE- 1,625,358 PATENT OFFICE.

WOOD, AND HENRY T. JENNINGS, OF GLENDALE, N EW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO RAPIDADDRESSING MACHINE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SELECTIVE ATTACHMENT FOR ADDRESSING MACHINES.

Application filed June 8,

The invention relates'to addressingmachines in general, and moreparticularly. to that type in which a series of stencil cards form apart of the printing mechanism. It

is here illustrated as it would be applied to an addressing machine ofthe general construction' shown in Patent No. 1,256,509

granted to E. D. Belknap Feb. 19, 1918, which has a printing mechanismand a card feeding mechanism both under control of the operator forprinting from any one stencil card and discharging it, or fordischarging it without printing from it, or for holding it in printingposition while several printing operations are performed with it.

The object of the present invention is to automatically stop the machinewhen a card having certain classification features arrives in printingposition although the operator continues to hold down. a pedal whichnor-- down a pedal which leaves the driving clutch in gear. There arethree such pedals in machines of this type. Pressmg down any one ofthese will start the machine, but, on its release causes the machine tostop at the end of the current cycle. One pedal, when down,

starts the machine printing from all cards fed from the magazine. Asecond pedal, when pressed down, causes the machine to skip all cards,and a third pedal (in the machine as marketed), while held down, causesthe machine to repeat or print a series of impressions with one stencilcard.

In our Patent N o. 1.518.912, granted Dec.

9, 1924, we have described a selective attachment for the machine of the.prior Belknap patent, above referred to, by which attachment suchmachine may be set so as to run continuously (instead of stopping attheend of each cycle unless positively controlled by the operator tocontinue) but will be automatically stopped whenever a card of a specialclass reaches printing POSltlOIY,

thus enabling the operator to then resume 1926. Serial No. 114,415.

control of the machine and either skip or print from that particularcard, also thereby at the same time resetting the machine so that itWill again go on printing or skipping all cards until another specimenof the selected class again trips the mechanism and automatically stopsthe machine for a reexercise. of the operators power of choice as towhat is to be done with the card then occupying the printing position.

The object of our present invention, which may be called a specificmodification or improvement onthe broadidea disclosed in our abovementioned patent, is to produce this automatic action, which will stopthe machine, while the operator is holding down either the printing orskipping pedal to produce the desired usual operation ofthe machine,ascontra-distinguished from our prior specific embodiment 20f an automatictrip attachment by which the pedal is locked down to keep the machinerunning, and that look is tripped by the selective mechanism to permitthe pedal to rise and thereby stop the machine, all in the mannerdescribed in the Be knap patent; both forms of our broad invention beingprimarily designed as attachments to the original machine of the Belknappatent, but being capable of application to other machines of the samegeneral type. a

To accomplish this above described result we employ detachableconnections from the printing pedal and from the skipping pedal -to theclutch throw-out mechanism, and enable the selective mechanism (whenactuated by a card of the selected class) to break whichever suchconnection is under its con trol at the time. Consequently the clutchthen throws out and the machine stops at the end of the current cycle,although the operator is still holding down one of the pedals thatnormally cause it to run 'on, and the operatorimust thereafterre-establish the thus brokenconnectionto the clutch throw-out before hecan again start the machine by again pressing down that particularpedahwhich is under selective control. Ourpresentinvention also embodiescertain other specific features of operation and advantage which will behereinafter pointed out in detail.

The best form of apparatus at present ing from the known to us embodyingour invention is illustrated in the accompanying seven sheets ofdrawings in which,

Fig. l is a side elevation of one form of machine to which the inventionhas been applied.

Fig. 1 is a similar side elevation but on a larger scale and with partsbroken away.

Fig. 1 is an enlarged detail front view of the throw-out clutch withparts broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view, parts being broken away andothers shown in section.

Fig. 3 is a detail plan view on a still larger scale showing theselector fingers and connected parts.

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the ortion of the mechanism illustrated inplan 1n Fig. 3, with parts shown in section, or broken away, and withthe electric circuit in diagram.

Fig. 5 is a detail section on a vertical plane indicated by line 55 ofFig. 2 with parts broken away.

Fig. 6 is a perspective detail view of the trip mechanism.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail of one of the pedal disconnecting devicesforming part of said trip mechanism.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the three pedals and trip mechanism, withcertain connecting parts and parts of the mam frame show-n in section,and with others broken away.

Fig. 9 1s a detail of the repeat mechanism and an attachment thereto fordisabling the trip mechanism, parts being broken away andothers shown insection.

Fig. .10 is an enlarged vertical section taken on line 10-10 of Fig. 9.

Fig. 11 shows the preferred form of stencil card which forms an elementof the printing and selecting mechanism, and

Fig. 12 is a detail cross section on line 12-42 f Fig. 11. 7

Throughout the drawings like reference characters indicate like parts.The general structure and mode of operation of the addressing machinewhich is of standard form made under the above mentioned Belknap patentwill first be described in part and then the structure of the attachmentthereto, constituting the present invention, will be explained, togetherwith the manner in which it automatically controls the operation of thesaid machine.

A is a magazine of address bearing stencil cards which are fed to aninking and impression mechanism, generally represented by B. alongrooved card'guides 36, extend bottom of magazine A, through mechanism B,to a receiving magazine C.

The general structure of the machine comprises the uprights 1, 1, crossbars 3,23 and table Motive power is transmitted from electr1c-motor4.through belt 5 to grooved pulley 6, journaled on stud shaft 7. Thispulley is thereby rotated in a counter-clockwise direction (looking atFig. 1 and, through a clutch 10 (shown in detail'in Fig. 1 rotates maincrank (Figs. 1 and 1). This crank, through connecting rod 30, bell crank31, (pivoted at 32) and link 73, reciprocates card feeding claws 74,which, on their forward travel to the right hand (Figs. 1 and 10), feedout the bottom card 43 from magazine A along guides 36, toward inkingand impression mechanism B. Said crank 7 0. through connecting rod 71,also reciprocates T-cam 46, which operates said inking and impressionmechanism. This cam 46, pivoted on shaft 45 which is held in housing 48,has a cam slot 66 which engages roller 65 mounted on arm 64, of a lever6264, pivoted at 63 in housing 67, the other arm 62 of which lever. ispivoted to yoke 60, which operates .an inking roller (not shown) alongthe under side of card 43" (Fig. 2) which is in printing position. Noprinting operation results, however, unless an article (such as anenvelope, Wrapper or catalogue) has been first placed by the operatorover said card 43 and the platen head 55 has been swung down upon it.

T-cam 46 also operates said platen head 55, unless the operatingmechanism therefor has been disabled, as will be now described. Platen55, pivoted on the main frame at 54, is normally held up in the positionshown in Fig 1 by. spring 56. On the depending arm 53 of said platen,however, lever 51 carrying roller 50 is pivoted at 52 and is normallyheld down in operative position by spring 57, so that said roller 50then engages the external face 49, 47 on said T-cam 46. Consequently, oneachdownward movement of 46 platen head 55 is first swung down by camface 49 upon the article to be printed (while the concentric portion ofcam slot 66 is traveling over roller 65) and then held in this operativeposition by cam face 47 while the upper, non-concentric portion of camslot 66 drives-the ink roller up and along under the card 43", so thatink is forced through the stenciled portionof the u n a impressionoperations, whlch permits the above stated sequence of operations.results from the d-iifering angularities of the connectmg rods 71 and 30with reference to their common crank 70, and from the fact that theamplitude of motion of the card" feed claws 74 is greater than thatdimension is coming back to its 'positionof rest while the card teedclaws are going forward to feed out a card, butthe card feed lags behindthe T-cam 46 by an amount TOPICS-011ted by the crank angle and. inaddition to this, when the claws 71 do begin to feed out card 43 fromthe bottom of magazine A, said card moves some distance before strikingthe next card. 43 ahead of it, and, through said card 13 beginning toeject card 43" from printing position. By that time roller 50 has runott section 47 ot the cam face on -16 and is on section 19,50 thatplaten head has begun to liftand card 43 is free to move.

Normally the operation of the machine is not continuous. The clutch 10is norn'ially thrown out of engagement at the end of each completerevolution by a cam-shaped throwout member 72 pivoted at the back of themain frame, as shown in Fig. 1, and engaging spring-pressed pin 10 towithdraw it romengagement with dog 10" on the hub of pulley 6, and, whenso thrown out, leaves the parts in the position of rest shown in If igs.1 and 1 with cam member 46 and platen a5 raised, and with a card 13 inprinting position ready for the next cycle. Each card -13 has anextension 58 on the forward part of its frame, as shown in Fig. 11, onwhich is maintained a record of the customer whose address is given bythe stencilized portion of the card. and as this extension projects fromunder the platen head 55 the operator can.

read said record, and if he then wishes to send the catalogue, or otherarticle he is handling, to said customer he presses down on pedal. 17(Figs. 1, 1 and 8) which is pivoted at 18 and connected by link 97 (Fig. 1.) and a special mechanism to throw-out'member 72. This permits theclutch 10 to reengage and the machine then performs a printing operationand continues to feed, and print from, the cards as long as pedal 17 isheld down. 43 is a panel of specially prepared paper in each card whichcan be stencilized in a typew'riting machine.

Spring 19 returns clutch throw-out member 72 to normal position as shownin Figs. 1 and 1. and causes the machine to stop at the end of thecurrent cycle whenever it is per mitted to act by the operator removingpressure from both pedals 17 and 104.

The skip mechanism by which the operator can disable the printingmechanism by disconnecting platen 55 from the driving mechanism. whilepermitting the card feeding action to proceed, is operated'by pedal 104which is also connected to the clutch throw-out member 72 by link 97,and-so is able to pull down member 7 2 overcoming the resistance ofspring 19. Downward motion of pedal 101, which is pivotcd at 105 (Fi 8)to the oscillating pedal yoke 89 in line with the pivot bearings 18 and18 for the latter, oscillates skip lever 108, which is pivoted on shaft32. such motion being transmitted by link 107, pivoted to pedal 10% at25. The free end of lever108 is located under the pivot pin'of camroller 50, and, when raised by depressing pedal 10 1, moves staid camroller upward on its'swinging support 51 away from, and out ofengagement with. T-am 16, so that vibration of said cam is nottransmitted to platen head and the latter, remains at rest in itsuppermost position. Com-:equently, the inking rollers reciprocate idlyunder the stencil cards as they come into printing position and no inkis forced through them and no printing is done even if an envelope orsheet of paper is held by the operator in printing position, becauseplaten does not move down to press such envelope against thestencil cardbeneath it. 106 is an adjustable stop carried on skip lever 10S andengaging link 107 to limit the upward movement of 107, and cons'cquentlyalso the upward movement of skip pedal 104 under the pull of itssupporting spring 110.

It is evident that so long as both pedals 17 and 104 are connected tolink 97. a brief downward pressure on pedal 17 will cause the machine toprint from the card in printing position and. as spring 110 suspendedfrom fixed pin 111 pulls pedal 17 up as soon as the operators foot isremoved, then stop at the end of that cycle. Also that if a briefdownward pressure is given to the skip pedal 104, the machine will skipthe card in printing position and stop at the end of that cycle asspring 110 anchored on fixed pin 111 pulls up that pedal; and that ifeither pedal 17 or 104 is held down continuously, the machine willaccordingly print or skip con tinnously.

The object of the present invention is to introduce means wherebv aselector apparatus may stop the machine when a card of apredeterminedclass reaches printing position. notwithstanding the factthat the operator is holding down either the print ing pedal or the skippedal. This consists of suitable apparatus (best shown in Figs. 6 and 7)for automatically breaking the connection between either pedal 17 or 104and link 97 and comprises the lock lev r 98 pivoted on theframe crossbar 23. and to which lever the lower end of link 97 is pivoted togetherwith a pair of dogs 99. 99. pivcterl at 100 to lever 98 and engagingnotches 102, 102" in links 101. and 101 respectively pivoted to pedals17 and 104.. So long as these dogs are in engagement with theirrespective notched links, downward movement of either pedal will betransmitted to link 97 and start the machine because each dog rests on arigid stop 119 or 119 cast on lever 98. Links 101. 101 are normally heldin engagement with dogs 99 and 99 by tension springs 103, 103, but, ifeither of said links is swung away from its cooperating dog, thecompression spring 109 or 109 under said dog and pocketed in stop 119 or119 will swing it up into the position shown in Fig. 7. tree fromengagement with said notch. The means for thus freeing either link 101,101 from its coo 'ierating dog comprise the trip bar 30 pivoted to thecore 27 of solenoid Z8, and having a notch 20 (Fi 1) adapted to engageeither pin 118. set in the upper vportion of link 101. or pin 118, setin the upper portion of link 101. Trip bar 26 is suiiiciently flexiblelaterally to be moved by the operator grasping the loop 117 at its outerendto cause it to engage either of these said pins. \Vhen placed oneither pin it is held down in such engagement by spring 11. If its notch26 is hooked over pin 118, it is evident that whenever the ope 'ator isrunning the machine with printing pedal 17 depressed and solenoid 28 isenergized. link 101 will thereupon be pulled out of engagement with dog99 and lock lever 98 will be permitted to rise, thus throwing clutchthrow-out member 72 into operative position and stopping the machine atthe end of the current cycle. Also if trip bar 26 engages pin 118 andthe operator is running the machine and skipping cards by holding downpedal 104, any energizing of solenoid 28 will similarly pull link 101out of engagement with dog 99 and thereby permit lever 98 to rise andsin'iilarly stop the machine.

The purpose of thus stopping the machine, with one of the selected cardsin printing position, is to give the operator time in which to read therecord on the extension margin 58 of said card and determine whether hewill print from it or skip it. Thus if the selected class of cards withwhich the selector device has been set to operate contain the addressesof hardware merchants, the order to the operator may be that mail mattershall be sent only to such hardware merchants as may have purchased$50.00 worth of goods during a given prior period, and consequently theoperator will have to read the record on the card to determine whetherhe shall print from it or skip it. If he has been running the machinewith the skip pedal 10 1 down and the trip bar 26 connected with pin118. link 101 will have been pulled out of cngagement with dog 99 andthe machine thereby stopped. It the operator finds on reading the recordon the card in printing position that he should address an envelope orwrapper to this particular hardware merchant,

he will momentarily press down printing pedal 17, thus pulling down theclutch throw-out member 72 and causing the machine to make onerevolution and print from that card, the transferring of his foot "frompedal 104 to pedal 17 having released the. former and therebyreestablished the con nection with the platen by allowing cam roller 50to drop into operative position. A fter printing from this card, theoperator will transfer his foot to pedal 1.0 1 and the machine willcontinue skipping cards as before until another one comes along havingthe particular notch or arrangement of notches which corresponds to thepredetermined classification.

11 however, a reading of the record on the card shows that the customerspurchases have not reached $50.00 and the operator accordingly,sllOllltl skip it, he must reestablish the skipping connection and, todo this, he presses upon resetting button 115 on the end of connectingrod 114, (Figs. 1 and 1") the lower end of which is journalled in thefree end of link 113 pivoted on pin 100 on which both dogs 99 and 99"are mounted, and, this rod 114 having its lower end 112 extending overboth dogs, as best shown in Fig. (3, this downward pressure of button115 will force down whichever dog has been tripped and cause it toreengage its cooperating link. In the case assumed, the dog so firsttripped and afterwards reset, will be 99. On re moval of pressure frombutton 115, spring 116 will lift the resetting rod and reestablishnormal conditions. Thereupon the operator can again press down pedal 10%(or continue to hold it down. if he has not taken his foot oil of it)and the machine will again start into operation. skipping cards asbefore, until another card with the proper notch or arrangement ofnotches again trips the clutch.

If, on the other hand, the operator is run ning the machine with theprinting pedal down and the trip bar 26 in engagement with pin 118, thearrival of a card of the predetermined class, or classes, will pull link101 out of engagement with dog 99 and the operator Will then either stepon skip pedal 10% to skip that card, or. if he wishes to overrule theautomatic selection of the machine, reset the connection to pedal 17 bymeans. of pressure on the button 115 and thus cause the machine toresume operation as before. In either case, the automatic trip disablesthe pedal which is then in use so that the operator can accomplishnothing by moving it up or down until he has first reestablished itsconnection to the clutch throw-out either by depression of the otherpedal. or by pressure upon the resetting button 11:"). The reason whyeither dog, as 99. will not reengage its cooperating notch in link 101until the lock lever 98 has been first pulled down by [he Fig. 11.

other pedal, or the dog forced down by the reset pin 112, is becausesuch dog is thrown 11 upward by its spring 109 as soon as released fromits cooperating notch as indicated in Fig. 7

The selector apparatus comprises a series of feeling fingers 34cooperating with stencil cards having a corresponding series of notchessuch are shown at 44, 44, 44 in When any one or more of the fingers 34fall into one or more of the notches of the cards as the latter are fedalong the card guides 36 and reach the position shown at 43 in Fig. 2,the dropping of any one finger into such ano-tch closes the electriccircuit which energizes solenoid 28 to trip the main clutch 10 and causethe machine to come to a stop at the end of the current cycle.

The particular arrangement of apparatus for closing the electric circuit29-through battery 33 and solenoid 28 is best shown in Figs.- 3, 4 and5. There are as many notches 44, 44, etc., as can be convenientl cut ina card and the same number of ngers 34. Each notch may represent a classof cards, and combinations of two or more may represent additionalclasses. Each finger 34 is independently pivoted at 35 on an individualhousing 157, all of the housings 157 being rigidly supported upon themain selector housing 8which is supported over the card guides betweenthe magazine A and the printing mechanism B. Housing 8 is fastened tothe guides byscrews 8 engaging slots 8" therein. This permits thehousing to be adjusted in position so that fingers34 will have theirlower ends exactly over notches 44, in the card which is in position 43.Each finger is connected to its housing 157 by a tension spring 9, whichis fastened to the finger at one end and to pin 57 in the housing atthe'other. Said pin 57 also engages the arc-shaped slot 34 in afin'gerand so serves as a stop to limit the finger movement. When the finger isdown in one of the operative positions as shown in full lines in Figs. 4and 5, spring 9 tends to pull it into the lowermost of said positions asshown in full lines in Fig. 5. When any particularfinger is not in useit is swung up into the vertical position shown in dotted lines in Fig.5 and also in full lines in Fig. 4, and is also held in this verticalposition by the same spring 9, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5.Each finger 34 has a rear wardly extending lug 11 which cooperates witha dog 12 on shaft 39, on the outer end of which is mounted the hammer 40for forcing spring contact strip 38 intermittently against stationarycontact screw 37, thereby closing the electrical circuit 29, unless theswitch68 therein is open (see Fig. 4). 42 is a back stop for hammer 40preventing it from swinging so far to the left that dogs 12 will turnbeyond the zones of motion of lugs When the machine is at rest, all ofthe fingers 34 in use are supported in the upper operative position,shown in full lines in Fig. 4 and in broken lines in Fig. 5, by means ofthe oscillating cam bar 13, pivoted at 14 in housing 8 and oscillated bycrank 15 connected by link 16 to short crank 65 on the pivot shaft 63 ofthe ink roller operating lever 6264. When, however, the T-cam 46 hasbeen pulled down far enough to begin operating the inking roller byreason of the fact that cam roller 65-has entered the upper portion ofcam slot 66, and the platen 55 has been lowered and the printingoperation is in progress, the upward motion of the short crank 65(coincident with the movement of inking lever 62) oscillates cam bar 13into the full line position shown in Fig. 5. This permits the finger orfingers in operative position to drop into any notch 44 thereunder, asshown in Fig. 5, and to so close elertrical circuit 29, as'beforedescribed,

thus energizing solenoid 28 and causing it to break the connection fromthe pedal in use to the clutch throw-out member 72, with the result thatthe latter rises under the pull of spring 19 and, when the current cycleof operations of the machine is completed, trips the clutch and stopsthe machine. Before this cycle is completed, however, the upward swin ofthe T-cam 46 has caused the lifting of pl aten 55, thus releasing thecard from which the printing has been done, and the second half of therotation of=the main crank 7 has driven the feed claws 74 forward,feeding the card 43*, with which finger 34 has cooperated, forward intoprinting position, and this card 43 has kicked card 43 out of theprinting zone into the receiving magazine C. If, however, when thefinger or fingers in operative position have been allowed to drop bythis oscillation of cam bar 13., there is no notch 44 under said finger,it will then rest on the card frame before it has moved far enough tocause its lug 11 to oscillate hammer 40 and close circuit 29, and thesolenoid will not be energized and thedclutch throw-out mechanism notoperate i To insure conjoint action of a series of the fingers 34 sothat none of them will drop unless all of them register with cardnotches, the fingers in operation may be tied together by the pin 34extending through them and through the swinging yoke 69 position it maybe pinned to the yoke by 34.

To furtherv extend the number of possible combinations of notches ofanyone card, we employ one or more spring metal'clips 59, as

shown in Figs. 11 and 12, which are adapted to snap over the edge of theextension 58 of the card frame and brings their inwardly turned freeends in the holes 59 opposite the notches 44, 44, 44 etc. Each such clip59 is wide enough to cover any particular notch over which it may beplaced and thus in effect blank it out. Thus if it becomes necessary todisable a certain finger 34 which comes opposite a notch 44, in cardswhich are not to actuate the selector, althou h they have notches 44which would normally permit such finger to drop, this can be done bycovering said notches in each such card by one of the clips 59, as shownin Fig. 11. These clips are made of such thin metal that they do notappreciably separate adjacent cards and still they are firmly fastenedto any particular card by their bent inner spring ends hookin intoanchoring holes 59.

The apparatus which permits the machine to repeat, i. e. printsuccessively a series of copies from one stencil card held in theprinting zone, consists essentially of a pedalcontrolled mechanism fortotally disabling the card feed claws 74 during any desired number ofcycles and positively breaking the electric circuit 29 during suchperiod so that the clutch throw-out cannot be operated while the repeatpedal is held down. This apparatus is best shown in Figs. 8, 9 and 10.The repeat pedal 7 6 is pivoted at 88 in the yoke 89 which is integralwith printing pedal 17. As shown in Fig. 1", the pedal 7 6 has adownwardly and backwardly extending elbow which carries an adjustablecontact bolt 91 so that, when pedal 76 is pressed downward,- the pedalyoke 89 and printing pedal 17 will also be vibrated to withdraw theclutch throw-out cam 72, if said printing pedal is in gear, and therebycause the printing mechanism to operate through consecutive cycles aslong as pedal 76 is held down. When, however, printing pedal 17 ispressed 'down for any other kind of printing operation the repeat pedal76 will merely oscillate idly on its movin pivot 88 and on itssupporting link 87, without interfering with the normal operation of themachine as hereinbefore described.

The particular preferred claw disabling apparatus herein illustratedcomprises a pi.voted mounting for claws 74 at 78 on the sliding carriage75 and means under control of pedal76 for elevating the rear ends of theclaws, and consequently depressing the claws proper, so that they willnot engage the bottom card 43 in magazine A, but will reciprocate i'dlyback and forth thereunder, thus leavin the card 43 in the printing zoneundisturbed. As shown, the rear ends of the claws 74 are connected by aback bar 81 which carries an anti-friction roller 82 on a de endinglug." Normally, the back bar 81 is eld down upon the ad ustabIe stop 79by menses 84, is lifted under roller 82, and forces it up,

the front end of claw 74 is tipped down so I that it will not engage acard. During any period in which pedal 76 is depressed, roller 82 runsback and forth on track 83. Yoke 84 is pivoted. on shaft 85, mounted onhousing 86; and interlocks with the yoke 84 at joint 84 (see Fig. 2),the outer end of'yoke 84 being pivoted to link 87 which extends down torepeat pedal 76. An adjustable stop for limiting the upward movement oflink 87 is shown at 92. This stop is so adjusted that it will permitdownward movement of yoke 84 sufficient to free track 83 from roller 82and leave the claw 74 free to operate in the normal way. Carriage 75slides on guide rods 77, 77.

To break the circuit 29, when repeat pedal 76 is depressed, we employ acircuit breaker comprising the contact pins 20 and 21 mounted in a blockof insulating material fastened by screw 96 to the housing 95 dependingfrom the main frame. Pin 21 is normally forced down by. spiral spring21,

its downward motion being limited by adusting nuts 24. Spiral spring 20tends to 5 force pin 20 also downward so as to leave a gap between thetwo pins which will break circuit 29; but, when disabling track 83 islowered and claw 74 therefore allowed to operate normally and feed outcards, the projecting arm 22 carried by yoke 84 is raised under pin 20and forces it up into contact with pin 21, thus closing the circuit 29.Springs 93 and 94 normally hold arm 22 in this raised position, shown inbroken lines in Fig. 9 and thus close the circuit, also holding down thedisabling track 83 out of operative lot) position, but when pedal 7 6 ispressed down the pressure of arm 22 1S removed from pin 20 and thelatter is then forced down by spring 2O away from contact with pin 21.

To prevent the disabling track 83 from fallin back into normal positionat some perio in a cycle of operations when the machine is set forrepeating, which would permit the claw 74 to rise and feed cardsforward, thus discharging the card in printing position from the machinebefore the desired number of impressions may have been taken therewith,as might happen if the operator inadvertently took his foot off of therepeat pedal 76 some time during the first half of a cycle, we employthe device best shown in Fig. 10 in which 120 is a holding dog pivotedto the main frame at 121 and pressed by spring'122 under lever 84whenever track 83 is raised to disable the feed claw. This dog 120normally rests against the side of lever 84, as shown in Fig. 10, whentrack 83 is down in normal position, as there shown, and the card feedis operating in the usual way. Under these conditions, the arm or finger125 rigid on pivot shaft 32 and vibrating back and forth with bell crank31 just touches finger 123 pivoted at 124 to a projection from dog 120.\Vhen, however, track 83 has been raised bypressing down repeat lever76, dog 120 is pushed under lever 84 by spring 122 and holds track 83raised until the end of the current cycle at which time the card feedclaws 74 are in their extreme. right hand position. The last portion ofthis feeding movement of the claws, however, has swung arm 125 in aclockwise direction far enough to strike finger 123, which has beenswung slightly to the left by the dropping of dog 120 by which it iscarried, and then, and then only, is dog 120 swung back by this actionto the position shown in Fig. 10, permitting track 83 to drop, andallowing claws 74 to rise into operative position. As a result, theseclaws are so put back into operative position only at the end of acomplete cycle when if the operator has inadvertently taken his foot offpedal 76, the machine will stop and he can resume repeating, if hewishes to do so, from the same card, by again stepping on pedal 76, orif he has printed the necessary number of copies from that card, he canresume printing or skipping operations by pressing pedal 17 or 104 asbefore described. If this device is not used, the removal of pressurefrom pedal 76 at any time during the first half of a cycle would havepermitted,track 83 to fall and claw 74 to rise in time to resume feedingand discharge the card then 111 printing position, thus rendering itimpossible for the operator to get said card back into printing positionand resume printing pedal 76 was therefrom, if his release ofinadvertent, or premature.

'To provide for the co'ntingency of arm 125 traveling so far to theright (looking at Fig. 10) that it would pass under and be yond finger123. the latter is pivoted to dog by a knuckle joint which permits it toswing to the left, in a clockwise direction whenarm swings back again,but to drop back into operative position before arm 125 swings forwardagain in the next cycle. That is to say, when arm 125 engages finger 123on the forward stroke of the feed claw that finger and the dog 120 swingas a.

'unit on pivot 121, but on the return movement of arm 125, finger 123swings alone on its pivot 124. The fact that dog 120 is thus swung upinto the position shown in Fig. 10 at the end of each cycle of the ingwhile pedal 76 is being held down because lever 84 is held up by saidpedal 76 during such repeat operations. It is only when the operator hastaken his foot ofi' machine does not interfere with repeat print- Ipedal 76 that this movement of dog 120 permits track 83 to drop at theend of the current cycle, and thereby permit pedal 7 6 to rise and stopthe machine at the end of the cycle while ,atthe same time restoringclaws 7t tooperative position.

In operating our-invention, if the stack-of stencil cards in magazine Acontains a large number of cards of the class or classes to be .used, sothat a good deal of printing has to be done with them, the trip bar 26will be hooked over pin 118 so as to attach the selective device to theprinting pedal 17 and the operator Will start the machine by pressingdown said pedal. In such case all lingers EH corresponding to notches incards of still other classes, which are not to be printed from, will beturned down in operative posi tion', but not tied together with pin 34".All cards then fed out of the magazine which do not have a notch 44corresponding to one of the classes which are to be skipped, willaccordingly be fed through the machine and printed from in the usualway. (Under these conditions it would probably happen that there wouldbe a number of classes of cards which were to be skipped and, if so, acorresponding number of fingers 1' would be put down inoperative'position but not tied together by the cross pin 34 cam roller50 away from cam 40, with the result that the machine willagaiu startinto operation, feed that card through without printing therefrom, andstop at the end of that cycle (the operator having given pedal 104: onlya momentary depression). The pulling down of lock lever 98 by pedal 10%will have given dog 99 a chance to reengage notch 102 in link 101 whichhas previously been-returned to normal position by spring 8 103, thepull of solenoid 28 having been exerted only momentarily while a finger3-1 was down in a notch 44. Ihe contact between contact screw 37 andspring contact 38 having been broken either by the movement of the cardor by the tipping up of cam bar 13, or by both actions. some tzme beforethe cycle was completed, link 101 has been freedfrom any pull of thesolenoid and has been pulled against dog 99 by spring 103 before saiddog has been lowered by the downward swing of lock lever 98 produced bypedal 104. The result isthat the attachment has been reset with bothdogs 99 and 99 in engagement with their cooperating links '100, 101 andconsequently with both pedals 17 and 104 connected to the clutchthrow-out. Therefore when the operator again presses down on pedal 17the machine starts in again to print from all cards presented to ituntil a card of one of the exempt classes again reaches printingposition and the above described procedure is then repeated.

' If, however, on examination of any of the cards which thus stop inprinting position the operator decides to overrule the decision of themachine, he presses down on resetting button 115. thereby causing dog9%) to Toengage its link 101 without pedal 104: having to he firstpressed down, and thereupon he may stop on pedal 17, and cause themachine to resume operations, beginning by a printing from thisparticular card which the machine would have rejected but which theoperator has decided to use after his attention has been called to it bythe automatic stopping of the machine.

If the stack of cards to he used contains only a small percentagebelonging to the class or classes from which printing is to he done,more rapid work can he done it' the above described arrangement isreversed and the attachment is set by hooking trip bar 26 over pin 11%and then starting the machine by holding down skip pedal 1M. In suchcases the finger or lingers ill corresponding to notches representingthe class or classes to be printed will be put down in operativeposition, but not pinned together. Then, as cards of other classes arefed out, the electric circuit 29 will not he closed and the machine willrun on skipping them until one oi the class to'be used appears,whereupon the solenoid 28 will be energized, link 101" pulled out ofengagement with dog 99. and lock lever 98 and cam lever 72 be permittedto rise, the latter throwing out clutch 10 at the end of that cycle andleaving this card exposed in printing position 43". It. on inspectingsaid card the operator finds that the decision of the machine was right,he releases pedal lfii and presses down pedal 17 momentarily, thusstarting the machine, causing it to print. from that card and to stop atthe end of the cycle. He next presses down skip pedal 101 again, and thepreviously described operations are resumed. Ii". however, he decides tooverrule the decision of the machine. he resets dog 99 by pressing downon button 115 and the machine starts, when pedal 104- is presscddownagain, skipping said card and all succeeding cards until another memberof the class from which printing isto be done. arrives.

In normal operation the pedal in use should be permitted to rise beforethe resetting button 115 is pressed down and then only its correspondingdog will have to be manipulated by downward pressure on said button inthe resetting o oration, but it may be possible to reset whi e the pedalis still held down, it the button 115 can be pushed down far enough andhard enough to also carry down the other dog, and possibly lock lever 98with it, in order to get the first trip dog down far enough to cause itto reengage the notch in its cooperating link while the latter is indepressed position resulting from the pedal to which it is pivoted beingheld down. I In both cases above described, the cards in a plurality ofclasses may be thus selected by the machine for examination by theoperator by putting a corresponding number of fingers 31 down inoperative position without tying them together by pin 34. If only oneclass is to be selected, then only one linger is put down, or a nmnberoi fingers tied togcther corresponding to the combination of notcheswhich represents that one class.

Vhen a card arrives at printing position from which a number ofimpressions are to be taken, the operator presses down pedal 76 asbefore explained. This, by operation of elbow 90 and set screw 91, alsovibrates pedal yoke 89 and lowers printing pedal 17, unless that pedalis already in depressed position. In either case, the movement of pedal76 lifts claw-disabling track 83 under roller 82 and thereby lowers claw7 1 to a point such that the continuous-operation of the machineresulting from the lowering of printing pedal 17 will then not feed outany more cards. Accordingly, any number 0'1? envelopes or wrappers orother articles may be eonsecutivelv inserted beneath the vibratingplaten and all printed from the same card then in position 43". At thesame time circuit 29 is broken by the separation of contact pins 20 and21, due to the lowering of pressure arm 22 in the manner previouslydescribed, and the trip mechanism will not be operated during thisrepeat printing because solenoid 28 will not be energized, even it thenext card, in position 413, should have a notch co-operating with alinger Zl-t down in ope 'ative position over it and dropped into saidnotch during each cycle oi operation of the machine. Whenever the footis taken off pedal 76 it will be raised by springs 93 and ill. circuit2.) will be closed and claw 7-l allowed to rise into normal card feedingposition. 1 Among the advantages of our present invention may bementioned the following: As compared with the particular embodiment ofthe general idea. illustrated in our prior Patent No. 1,578,912, thepresent mechanism is smoother and less noisy in operation. Also itrequires the operator to constantly keep his ,foot on one of the pedals.which insures closer attention to his work. The present machine ispractically fool-proof in that, when it is'stopped by theselectingdevice, the operator cannot inadvertently restart it to do thewrong thin" by further manipulating the pedal he has theretofore beenholding down. That pedal has then become disconnected, and the onlythinghe can accomplish by pedal manipulation is either to do the particularthing for which the attachment has been automatically set, or to operatethe repeat device,'-which latter is rarely required. Consequently hecannot easily make any mistake. The selector can be easily cut out byopening switch 68, and then the machine can be manipulated in the usualway solely-by positive action of the operator, as described in the priorBelknap Patent No. 1.256.509. The selector is positive in operation andusuallv the finger-s34 are not dragged over the stencil cards, beinglifted and held up by cam bar 13 all the time the cards are in motion.This saves wear on the cards. A multiplicity of selective actions arepossible, employing a multiplicity of fingers, with only one contactdevice 38, 37 for all the fingers, and that device is so far removedfrom the cards, and envelopes being printed, that any arcing therecreates no objectionable fire risk. The movement of contact hammer 40 isso rapid, on account of its long radius of oscillation, that the circuitclosing and breaking actions are always rapid, and arcing thereby prac-'tically eliminated. The whole of the clutch manipulating mechanism islocated in the rear of the machine, as best shown in Fig. 1, so that theoperator can sit with his feet well under the table and his body closeto his work of feeding envelopes or wrappers to the printing mechanism.Finally, the entire attachment canbe easily applied to the standardmachines of the prior Belknap atent now in use, the finger housing 8with fingers and circuit controller being a com plete, detachable unitwhich can be placed cards and that other changes in the details of therefer ed form of. apparatus here n described and illustrated could bemade without departing from the principle of our invention so long assome or all of the essential novel features and functions are retainedto produce substantially the same result in substantially the same Way.1

Another feature of advantage in our invention arises from the fact thatnone of the selective fingers 34: is at any time allowed to rest ona'card while said card is in motion.

This results from the fact that the rotation ofcam bar 13 back towarddotted line position (Fig. 5) far enough to lift any fingers 34: whichmay be in operative position out of the card notches and above the planeof the upper card surface before the card in position 43 is fed forwardby the card 43 which is being pulled out of the magazine behind it. Thisretarded feeding forward of card 43 with reference to the movement ofthe printing mechanism (which operates cam bar 13) is due to thecumulative effect of the relative angularity of the connecting rods 71and 30., and of. the delay resulting from the fact that the travel ofthe card feeding claws 74 is greater than that dimension of each cardwhich is parallel to the line of feed, so that card 43 moves somedistance before it comes in conta t with card 43*, all as previouslyexplained herein.

Having described our invention we claim:

1. In an 7 addressing machine having mechanism for feeding a series ofaddress bearing strips to and through a printing zone, a drivingmechanism for said machine, a movable member adapted to disconnectsaiddriving mechanism from said feeding mechanism, and a pedal connected tosaid movable member. the combination, with said above describedapparatus of means for automatically breaking said pedal connectionwhenever a strip of a predetermined character reaches printing position,where by the operator has time to then examine said strip before againstarting the machine.-

2. A combination such as defined in claim 1 1n whlch said drlvingmechanism comprises aone-revolution clutch, and said movable member isnormally spring-held in a I position to throw out said clutch at the endof each cycle of strip feeding.

3. A combination such as defined in claim 1 in which the connectionbetween said pedal and said movable member includes a dog operativelyconnec' d to the latter, and a swinging link operatively connected osaid pedal and detaehably engaging said dog.

4. A combination such as defined in claim 1 in which said means forautomatically breaking said connection comprises an electromagnet and adevice for energizing said nliagnet actuated by strips of the selected 0ass.

5. An apparatus such as defined in claim 1 combined with means separatefrom said pedal but under control of the operator for reestablishingsaid previously broken connection. F

6. An apparatus such "as defined in claim 1 combined with means separatefrom said pedal but .under control of the operator for reestablishingsaid previously broken connection, said means comprising a push buttonand a device connected thereto engaging one of the cooperating elementsincluded in said connection.

7. In an addressing machine having mechanism for feeding a series ofaddress bearing strips to and through a cooperating apparatus formingwith said strips a printing mechanism, a driving mechanism for saidmachine, a one-revolution clutch in said driving mechanism, a camadapted, when in raised position, to trip said clutch at the end of eachcycle of operations, two pedals be neath and connected to said cam, andmeans connected to one pedal for disabling said printing mechanism whenthat pedal is depressed, the combination, wit-h said above describedapparatus, of means adapted to break the connection from either pedal tosaid cam; whereby the machine may be automatically stopped at the end ofany cycle whether one pedal is being held down to print from consecutivestrips or the other pedal is being held down to feed successive stripsthrough the machine without printing therefrom.

8. A combination such as defined in claim 7 in which said last mentionedmeans comprises two swinging links, one pivoted to each pedal and bothadapted to swing into or out of engagement with a member connected tosaid cam, and a reciprocating trip bar adapted to be detachablyconnected to either of said links.

9. A combination such as defined in claim 7 in which said last mentionedmeans comprises two swinging links, one pivoted to each pedal and bothadapted to swing into, or out of, engagement with a member connected tosaid cam, and a reciprocating trip bar adapted to be detachablyconnected to either of said links, together with an electro-magnetadapted to reciprocate said bar when energized.

10. A combination such as defined in claim 7 in which said lastmentioned means comprises two upright swinging links each pivoted at oneend to a pedal and'provided with a laterally projecting'pin at its otherend and both adapted to swing into or out of engagement with a memberconnected to said cam, and a longitudinally reciprocating, laterallyadjustable, trip bar having a notch adapted to slip over either of saidpins.

11. A combination such as defined in claim 7 in which said lastmentioned means comprises two upright swinging links each pivoted at oneend to a pedal and rovided with a laterally projecting-pin at its otherend and both adapted to swing into or out of engagement with a memberconnected to said cam, and :1 Ion itudinally reciprocating, laterallyadjusts 1e, trip bar having a notch adapted to slip over either of saidpins, together with an electro-magnet adapted to reciprocate said barwhen enermenace gized, a normally open current supply cir-- .ing inkingand impression mechanisms, a

series of address bearing strips, mechanism for feeding said stripssuccessively to said inking and impression mechanisms, and means undercontrol of the operator for temporarily disabling said feeding mechanismbut positively maintaing said inking and impression mechanisms inoperation, whereby repeated printing from any one strip may be effected,the combination, with said above described ap imratus, of a selectngdevice which determines whether the machine shall print from or skipeach successive card and mechanism automatically disabling saidselecting mechanism during any period of operation of said repeatingmeans.

13. A combination such as defined in claim 12. in which said selectingdevice is electrically operated and the functioning of said repeatingmeans automatically breaks the current supply circuit to said selectingdevice.

14. A combination such as defined in claim 12, in which said repeatingmeans comprises a reciprocating, pivoted fee-d claw and a verticallyswinging track which, when raised, tilts said feed claw out of operativeposition, and in which said selecting device is electrically operated bya circuit having a normally closed circuit breaker therein, said circuitbreaker being opened when said track is lowered out of engagement withsaid claw.

15. An addressing apparatus comprising, in combination, a series ofstencil cards having varied classification features, inking andimpression mechanisms, means for feeding said cards successively to andthrough said inking and impression mechanisms, a prime mover for all theabove mentioned apparatus, a movable member adapted to disconnect saidprimemover from said apparatus, a pedal normally connected to saidmember, and a device for automatically breaking said connection wheneverone of said cards having classification features of a particular classreaches printing position; whereby the operator may examine said card atleisure before reestablishing said connection and restarting theapparatus.

16. A combination such as defined in claim 15 in which said firstmentioned means comprises a one-revolution clutch, and said movablemember is normally spring-held in a 1 position to throw out said clutchat the end of each cycle of card feeding.

17. A combination such as defined in claim 15 in which the connectionbetween said pedal and said movable member includes a maaaae swinginglink permanently pivoted to one of said elements and detachablyconnected to the other.

18. A combination such as defined in claim in which the connectionbetween said pedal and saidmovable member includes a dog operativelyconnected to the latter, and a swinging link ol'ieratively connected tosaid pedal and det'ach'ably engaging said dog.

19. A combination such as defined in claim 15 in which said means forautomatically breaking said connection comprises an electro-magnet and adevice for energizing said magnet actuated by strips of the selectedclass.

20. An apparatus such as defined in claim 15 combined with meansseparate from said pedal butv under control of the operator forreestablishing said previously broken connection.-

21. An apparatus such as defined in claim 15 combined with meansseparate from said pedal but under control of the operator forreestablishing said previously broken connection. said means comprisinga push button and a device connected thereto engaging one of thecooperating elements included in said connection.

22. An addressing apparatuscomprising, in combination, a series ofstencil cards having varied classification features consisting ofnotches --in their edges and legends written on their upper faces, inkinand impression means forming, with said cards, a printing mechanism,means for feeding said cards successively to and through? saidmechanisms and optionally operating said impression mechanism, a primemover for all said above described apparatus, a onerevolution clutchconnecting said prime mover to said apparatus, a movable member adaptedto trip said one-revolution clutch, a pedal normally connected to saidmember, and a device for automatically breaking said connection wheneverone of said cards notched in a certain mannerreaches printing position;whereby the operator may then examine the legend thereon anddecidebefore reestablishing said connection what further operation hewill perand through said mechanisms and optionally operating saidimpression mechanism, a prime mover for all said above described apparatus, acnerevolution clutch connecting said prime mover to said,apparatus, a cam adapted, when in raised position, to trip said clutchat the end of each cycle of the feeding operation, two pedals beneathand normally connected to said cam, a device connected to one of saidpedals for disconnecting said impression mechanism when said pedal isdepressed, and means adapted to automatically break the connection fromsaid cam to whichever pedal is being held down by the operator wheneverone of said ca'rds notched in a certain manner reaches print;- ingposition; whereby the, apparatus may then be auton'latically stopped atthe end of the current cycle whether one pedal is being held downttoprint from consecutive cards through the machine without printingtherefrom and, in either case, the operator may then read the legend onsaid card and decide before again starting the apparatus, whether toskip it or print from it.

24. A combination such as defined in claim 2?, in which said lastmentioned means comprises two swinging links, one pivoted to each pedaland both adapted to swing into or out of engagement with a memberconnected to said cam, and a reciprocating trip bar adapted to bedetachably connected to either of said links.

25. A combination such as defined in claim 23 in which said lastmentioned meanscomprises two swinging links. one pivoted to each pedaland both adapted to swing into or out of engagement with a memberconnected to said cam, and a reciprocating trip bar adapted to hedetaehably connected to either of said links," together with anelectro-magnet adapted when energized, to reciprocate said bar.

26. A combination such as defined in claim 23in which said lastmentioned means comprises two upright swinging links each pivoted at oneend to a pedal and provided with a laterally projecting pin at its otherend and both adapted to swing into or out of engagement with amemberconnected to said cam, and a longitudinally reciprocating, laterallyadjustable, trip bar having a notch adapted to slip over either of saidpins.

27. A combination such as defined in claim 23 in which said lastmentioned means comprises two upright swinging links each "pivoted atone end to a pedal and provided with a laterally projecting pin at itsother end and both adapted to swing into or out of engagement with amember connected to said cam, anda longitudinally reciprocating,laterally adjustable, trip bar having a notch adapted to slip overeither of said pins. together with an electro-magnet adapted, whenenergized, to reciprocate said bar,- a-. normally open current supplycircuit for said magnet and a device for closing said circuitoperated bycertain of the address bearing strips when approaching printingposition.

28. In a selective. evice for use with a series of cards or similarobjects being forced along suitable guides, the combination of a seriesof independently pivoted fingers located above said cards, a commonmovable member adapted when in normal position to hold any of saidfingers resting upon it slightly above said cards, and connections formoving said member into another position which will allow any fingerresting on it to fall far enough to touch the card beneath and enter anyrecess in said card registering with such finger.

29. A structure such as defined in claim 28 combined with a yokeextending under all said fingers and having pivot bearings in line withsaid finger pivots and also resting on said movable member, and meansfor pinning any number of said fingers togetherand to said yoke, wherebynone of the fingers so pinned together may enter any recess in a cardbeneath it unless said card also has recesses registering with all theother fingers of the group 30. In a selective device for use with aseries of cards or similar objects being forced along suitable guidesbeneath such device,

the combination of a series of mutually independent fingers pivoted on acommon axis and adapted to be dropped into engagement with recesses inthe cards beneath, an electric circuit controller, a rotatable shaftadjacent said fingers adapted to operate said electric circuitcontroller by its rotation, and means by which the dropping of anyfinger into a card recess will cause said shaft to so rotate.

31. A selective device for use with addressing machines having cardguides and means for feeding a series of cards along the same, whichsaid device comprises a housing adapted to be fastened on said guidesover said cards, a series of mutually independent fingers all pivoted insaid housing and each adapted to drop into any suitable recess in a cardbeneath it, a single electric circuit controller also mounted in saidhousing, and means whereby the dropping of.

any finger into a card recess Will operate said circuit controller.

32. A structure such as defined in claim 31 combined with anoscillating, finger-supporting cam-bar also journalled in said housinq,and connections for intermittently oscillating said cam-bar, whereb theends of said fingers are normally hed above the plane of the up ersurfaces of said cards except when sai cam-bar is oscillated into aparticular position.

33. A structure such as defined in claim 31 combined with a series ofsprings connected respectively to said fingers and adapted to press thesame downward when they are swung into their 0 erative positions, andalso to hold said operative position when the same are swung upward.

ngers out of adapted to be fed along said guides to said mechanisms,which strips are provided with variously located notches representingdifferent classifications, the combination, with said apparatus, of aselective device mounted over said guides comprising a series of fingersadapted to drop into said notches, a movable member on which all of saidfingers in operative position rest, and a connection from said member tosaid inking mechanism by which said member is moved into posi tion topermit said lingers to drop into said notches only. when said inkingmechanism is in action.

36. The combination with a structure such as defined in claim 35, of aclip adapted to be mounted on one of said strips and then cover one ofthe notches therein.

37. In an addressing machine comprising a series of stencil cards, someof which have notches in their edges, guides for said cards means forfeeding said cards along sai guides, and a selective device comprising aseries of fingers mounted over said guides and adapted to drop intocertain of said notches as said cards are fed beneath them, thecombination, with said above recited mechanism of a plurality ofremovable clips adapted to be mounted on said cards and to then covercertain of said notches, whereby the placing of one of said clips overany particular notch will thenprevent any of said fingers from fallinginto such notch when said card comes beneath it and thereby modify theaction of said selective device.

38. In an addressing machine having mechanism for feedin a series ofaddress bearing strips to an through a vprinting zone, a prime mover forsaid mechanism, and a pedal connected to said mechanism adapted tomaintain it in operation so long as said pedal is held in a certainposit-ion, the combination, with the above described apparatus, of adevice automatically actuated by any member of a particular class ofsaid strips to break said pedal connection whenever a strip of saidclass reaches said printing zone.

39. A combination such as defined in claim 38 in which said pedal.connection comprises two normally interlocking elements, one of'which'is connected to said pedal, and in which said automatic device isoperatively connected to one of said elements.

neaaaae a. series of address bearing strips and having mechanism foreither feeding and printing from said strips consecutively or forholding any one stri inprintlng position during a plurality 0 feedcycles, the combination, with said apparatus, of automatic means fordisabling said strip feeding mechanism until the end of any one cycle ofoperations if it has been disabled by the operator at an earlier periodin said cycle.

42. In an addressing apparatus comprising a series of address bearingstrips, inking and impression mechanisms, a pivoted reciprocating clawnormally feeding said strips to saidmechanisms, means for reciprocatingsaid claw, and a device for disabling said claw by adjusting it in aposition such that it Will not'engage said strips during its normalreciprocation, the combination, with said apparatus, of a dog adapted tonormally hold said claw in disabled position and an attachment adaptedto trip said dog only when the claw feeding motion is nearl completed,whereby any restoring of sai claw to operative adjustment at any earlierperiod is automatically prevented.

4.3. A combination such as defined in claim 42. in which said attachmentcomprises a rigid member reciprocating with said claw, and a fingerpivoted on said dog, projecting into the path of said rigid member, andadapted to swing on its pivot only in the direction of the return motionof said claw.

44. lln an addressing apparatus comprising a series-of address bearingstrips, printing means'employin said strips, a reciprocating mechanismfir feeding said strips consecutively to andthrough said printing means,a one revolution clutch operating all said means and mechanism, and apedal adapted, when pressed downward, to disable said strip feedingmechanism while continuing said clutch in mesh,-whereby-a luiality ofprinting operations may be performed with the particular stripthen inprinting position, the combination, with said apparatus, of an automaticdevice holding said pedal, when depressed, in such depressed positionuntil the latter portioni' of the current clutch revolution, wherebysaid strip feeding mechanism is held in disabled condition until nearlythe end of any clutch revolution even though the operator may havereleased said pedal at an early period in said revolution.

45. The combination, with a power-driven mechanism, of a powerdisconnecting device normally tending to go into action, a pedaldetachably connected to said power disconnecting device and adapted tohold the latter out of action when and while said pedal is depressed,and automatic means adapted when energized to break said detachableconnection, whereby said power disconnecting device may be automaticallypermitted to go into action while said pedal is still in depressedcondition.

46. A combination such as defined in claim in which said detachableconnection between said pedal and said power disconnecting devicecomprises a movable element operatively connected to the latter and aswinging link pivoted to the pedal and adapted to engage said movableelement only when swung toward it.

47. A combination such as defined in claim 45 in which said detachableconnection between said pedal and said power discon-v necting devicecomprises a movable element operatively connected to the latter and aswinging link pivoted to the pedal and adapted to engage said movableelement only when swung toward it and in which said automatic means forbreaking said connectioncomprises an electric magnet and movablearmature therefor connected to said swinging link.

48. In a power-driven machine adapted to be controlled by a pedal, thecombination of a main supporting frame, a power-disconnecting devicelocated in the upper portion of said frame, a pedal pivoted at the rearof said frame and extending toward the front thereof, a lever pivoted atthe front of said frame and extending toward the rear thereof, aconnection from said lever to said power disconnecting device, and asecond connection from said lever to a point on said pedal between itspivot and its free end, whereby the free end of said pedal is set backfrom the front portion of the main frame and the operator can sit closeto the front o'fthe frame when placing his foot on saidfpedal. t

49. A structure such as defined in claim 48 combined with automaticmeans for breaking said pedal connection, whereby said powerdisconnecting device can be freed while said pedal is still held indepressed position. so

50. In a selective device for use on addressing machinesemployingaddress bearing strips fed therethrough by an intermittently actingmechanism and adapted to cooperate with *a. plurality of'selectorfingers mounted on fixed pivots, continuously Hill

